somebody said

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Hello all,

I normally don't copy and paste mushy stuff.... but being that its close to

summer, iep time, hot weather, and just overall anxiety, i thought i would

share.... love to all, leah

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've

had a baby . somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, normal is

history.

Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct . . somebody never

took a three-year-old shopping.

Somebody said being a mother is boring . .somebody never rode in a car

driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.

Somebody said if you're a " good " mother, your child will " turn out good "

.... somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said " good " mothers never raise their voices . . . somebody never

came out the back door just in time to see her child hit a golf ball through

the neighbor's kitchen window.

Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother . . somebody never

helped a fourth grader with his math.

Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first.

.. . somebody doesn't have five children.

Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing

questions in the books . . somebody never had a child stuff beans up his

nose or in his ears.

Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery. .

.. somebody never watched her " baby " get on the bus for the first day of

kindergarten .. or on a plane headed for military " boot camp "

Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand

tied behind her back . . somebody never organized seven giggling Brownies to

sell cookies.

Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married...

somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a

mother's heartstrings.

Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves

home...somebody never had grandchildren.

Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her

.. . . somebody isn't a mother.